The Battered Wives were a punk band from Toronto that consisted of Toby Swann (guitar and vocals), Larry "Jasper" Klassen (bass and vocals), John Gibb (guitar) and Cleave Anderson (drums). This was their first release which was a self-release and it came out in 1978 on Bomb Records, the same label that did the Last Pogo compilation, which was like a soundtrack for Colin Brunton's movie. This first Battered Wives album had memorable songs like 'Daredevil', 'Suicide,' 'Freedom Fighters,' and perhaps their best known hit, 'Uganda Stomp (Bomp Idi Bomp)', that poked fun at Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. The band would present a copy of the single to the Uganadan embassy in Ottawa. Although the band was criticized within the scene for being too rock 'n roll or stadium rock sounding, evident in the slow do wop song writing in songs like 'Lovers Balls'. they had a great ability to write a catchy number and come across as an early version of the Toy Dolls. They certainly fit into the camp of punk that worked to offend like the Angry Samoans or the Dickies. This first LP came out in late 1978 or ealry 1979 and was released on red vinyl. The songs on it are:
1. Daredevil
2. I Want it All
3. Get What I Can
4. Uganda Stomp
5. Suicide
6. Angry Young Man
7. You Better Be Right
8. Lovers Balls
9. Everybody Loves a Loser
10. Freedom Fighters
In 1999, the album was re-issued as a CD on Pacemaker Records. This release included the songs:
11. Talkin' Shop Liftin'
12. Something She's Hiding
13. Best Part of a Man
14. Rocking Good Summer
15. Rodeo
16. Bad News
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